LAW IN HIS OWN HANDS

Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 313, 30 September 1926, Page 11

LAW IN HIS OWN HANDS

WANDERING COW ILL-TREATED-BY TF.LEGRAJ-H.-PRESS ASSOCIATION Christchurch, September 29. Edwin Sisson, a of Greu s Read, Papanui. resented tie intru-ion of a neighbours cow on lis P-ope VThe means which, he adopted F> d scour age the cow's visits cost Inn £lO n the Magistrate's Court to-day. bisson was cha’rged with cruelly, ill-treating •> t 0 by shooting it in the h,, ’^ q “ brlP t , hc Mr 11. P. Lawry. S.M.. vas on tiu Bench, and Inspector White, of the So-c-iptv for the Prevention of Crueltj to Animals, prosecuted. Defendant pleade "Edward'James Becker, dairyman, said ness mv Wa siBeon. 0 »n" s°aid that he believed Ms cow had been on S.ssous Place Sisson said that, .-he had. and she liad made a mess. Witness replied "Not as big a mess as you ie made oi her with your gun. ' . Witness est.matcd that the cow was sixty yards away when the ehot was fired, and between and eighty pellets were extracted from the hide. The animal ff erod great pain, and the milk yield had diminifhed considerably. Gordon Becker, son of the previous mtness. said that he heard a gun report while he was looking for tbe cow. The row came out of Sisson s gate bc.oie that witness had heard Sisson .ay some thine about putting a shot into the cow Defendant stated that he had nut used his gun. and he was not at home when tlie offence was alleged Io have been committed. The cow was always wander ing about the place. Th* Magistrate said l-o was not satisfied with defendant's evidence. A conviction was entered and a ime of £lO -with costs was imposed.